On Monday 21 February 2005 21:18, Rene Herman wrote: > 4) Documentation. > > To me, very important. Add EUR25 for a nice round EUR100 ~ USD130 > > USD130 sounds realistic? More than that, and I'd have to think it > over. Add in the EUR20 for the TV-Out for a total price I'd be > willing to pay of EUR120 ~ USD157.
Nice survey and analysis. At $100 I would buy the ASIC card without thinking about it at all, and probably three or four. The card will definitely command a premium over an equivalent closed card, of easily 50% I think. I suppose that enough people would buy the ASIC card at $150 to generate a return, but as soon as it drops below $100 the floodgates will really open. If the card runs cool and supports the new generation of 3D accelerated desktop projects really well, it will certainly be a hit with Linux desktop users, and there are millions of us now. But I am talking only production machines, above. For myself, I will only be satisfied with the FPGA card. I don't care if it's slower or runs a little hotter. I think that the aim should still be to sell a few thousand and price the FPGA card at $150 - $200. It's doable, just a couple more Slashdottings of the petition site would do the trick. The FPGA side of the project is where it will draw its strength. A solid community built up around the FPGA card means better alpha testing than any other card gets, let alone the attractiveness of a decently priced FPGA development board for general tinkerers. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
